Oiler



Patented May 2, |899.

w. H. wYLEB.

OILEB.

(Application led June 20, 189B.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

l WILLIAM H. WYLER, OF RAGERSVILLE, OHIO.

OILER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,282, dated May 2,1899.

Application iiled June 20, 1898. Serial No. 683,903. (No model.) Y

To all whom t Vmay concern: l

Be it known that I, WILLIAM'H. WYLEE,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Ragersville,in the county of Tuscarawas and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oilers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in oilers principally designed for oiling the spindles of vehicle-axles; and its object is to provide an improved construction of the same which shall possess superior advantages with respect to eiiciency in operation.

'lhe invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis an elevation of a wrench constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.` Fig. 8 is a sectional view of the head and jaw detached.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 designates a tube or hollow cylinder closed at one end and open at vthe opposite end and provided with exterior screw-threads. Engaging with said screw-threads is a correspondingly-threaded conical head 2, said head being counterbored on inside, forming an enlarged chamber with conical walls sloping to the central opening 3, which opening is so constructed that its walls are reduced to the provided with a conical valve 5, which fits in' the reduced valve-seat in the cap 2. Located in the tube l is a coiled spring l2, one end of which abuts against the closed end of the tube, while the other end is contracted and coiled around the inner end of said tube.

The numeral? d 'esignatesa rectangular jaw preferably formed integral with said head and adapted to engage with an ordinary vehicle-nut. Secured to the exterior of said jaw by means of a pin or rivet or other fastening device 9 is aspring 10. The free end of this spring is bent over the edge of the jaw, so as to project into the latter and bear against the nut removed thereby.

The manner of using the device is as follows: The tube is filled with oil, and the point of the outer end of the pin orstem4 is pressed against the spindle, when the valve 5 will open, the valve 5 at the same time receding from the valve-seat, the oil by its own gravity falling around and underneath the valve 5 'and illing the enlarged space over the central opening and about the valve-seat and about the pin 4. It should be remembered that heavy oil will not pass out as any lighter liuid would, but will remain suspended over the central opening until the reverse action of the valve forces it out. When the pressure is removed from point 4, the coiled spring will press the valve 5 down onto its seat, at the same time carrying the oil immediately under-the valve 5 and adhering to the stem 4 down through the central opening and out on the spindle. The jaws about the central opening being bored out sharp reduces friction of oil on sidesof opening to a minimum, and permits air to readily enter while the oil is moving down and out.

While I have shown the oiler provided with awrench to remove the nuts from the vehiclespindles, I make no claim thereto in the present application.

Having thus fully described my invention,` what I claim is- In an oiler of the character described, the combination with the tubular 'oil-receptacle closed at one end and open at the other end and formed with exterior screw-threads, of the screw-threaded conical cap engaging therewith having a conical opening in its outer end, the tapering valve engaging with said opening, the tapering pin passing through said valve, and the coiled spring located in said receptacle with its inner end resting against the closed end thereof and the opposite end formed with a number of contracted coils wound around and secured 'to the inner end of said pin and abutting against the said valve, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM H. WYLER.

Witnesses:

JOHN R. ZIMMEEMAN, FRED W. ANDREWS. 

